Ex-Real Madrid president Sanz slates Florentino, Ronaldo: Like Tarzan in shorts!

Former Real Madrid Lorenzo Sanz has lashed out at Florentino Perez's current regime.

Sanz slammed the massive spending by Florentino during the summer market.

"Under me, Real became a great team at a much lower cost than what is done now. In my day we paid 5,500 million pesetas for Anelka, but we sold him for 6,000 the following year. The figures of Cristiano Ronaldo and Kaka are dizzy. No player is worth that money," Sanz told terra.es.

"I read on the cover of a newspaper that Cristiano would generate 80 million euros a year at Madrid. This is something no-one can believe. Either we are all fools or Ronaldo is an idiot.

"Ronaldo is shown in the media like Tarzan in shorts!

"He must get up in he morning, see himself on the front pages of the newspapers, and believe he is Superman or God."

Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo Says Insults Go In One Ear And Out The Other

The most expensive signing in football has said that the pressure does not really bother him...



After reportedly being subjected to persistent and unrelenting harassment by the Osasuna fans in last weekend's match at the Reyno de Navarra, Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo has played down talk that the verbal abuse is getting under his skin.

Subjected to insults such as "Cristiano, die!" in his first visit to Pamplona, Ronaldo has faced hostile, even intimidating atmospheres away from the Bernabeu.

CR9 experienced similar insults in the match against Barcelona at the Camp Nou, along with a laser pointed directly into his eyes, and missed a golden opportunity to score with just Victor Valdes at his mercy. Similarly, on Sunday, Ronaldo was unable to silence the crowd, exhibiting a number of poor touches and blasting a free kick dreadfully wayward into the stands.

However, the Portuguese phenom has been quick to dispel the notion that the insults are affecting his performance, saying they "go in one ear and out the other", as reported by Spanish sports daily Marca.

The winger also spoke of the huge amount of attention he is garnering as the new face of Real Madrid, commenting: "this has both its positives and its negatives. When we do things well, they applaud us a lot more, but when we do not go out and do what we want, we feel more pressure. Being received with whistles and insults is nothing new for me. After the 2006 World Cup (in which he slotted home a penalty to dump England out of the World Cup) this happened to me in every stadium in England and I ended up being chosen as the best player in the league. It doesn't affect me."

In an interview with the magazine So Foot before signing for Real Madrid, the Portuguese also spoke of this theme. "It does not really matter to me if they insult me...in fact I like it. I love seeing hate in their eyes and seeing the insults. It's not really important. The truth is that many people hate me, but there are many more who like me. I only feel poorly when I play poorly."